zor Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I have an idle control system alarm on my 98 pathy. I suspect the valve is just in need of cleaning because of built up carbon residue. I cannott seem to find the location of the valve any help would be appreciated and also what would be the best thing to clean it with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriskaw440 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I have an idle control system alarm on my 98 pathy. I suspect the valve is just in need of cleaning because of built up carbon residue. I cannott seem to find the location of the valve any help would be appreciated and also what would be the best thing to clean it with? not sure about the 98 year models, but on mine (1990) the Idle Air Control Valve is located on the underside of the Plenum....towards the back. And I have mentioned in another post about it being one boneheaded place for Nissan to put it since you cannot access it unless you remove the plenum. All other vehicles I have ever seen or worked on, its located up beside the throttle body or thereabouts, where you can access it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muttmobile Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 ...also what would be the best thing to clean it with? i used electric/contact cleaner type stuff on my ford's IAC. i just doused is a few times and then let it completely dry out. seemed to work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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